On the verge of a planetary civilization : a philosophy of integral ecology PDF
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On the Verge of a Planetary Civilization On the Verge of a Planetary Civilization A Philosophy of Integral Ecology Sam Mickey London•NewYork PublishedbyRowman&LittlefieldInternational,Ltd. 16CarlisleStreet,London,W1D3BT www.rowmaninternational.com Rowman&LittlefieldInternational,Ltd.isanaffiliateofRowman& Littlefield 4501ForbesBoulevard,Suite200,Lanham,Maryland20706,USA WithadditionalofficesinBoulder,NewYork,Toronto(Canada),andPlymouth (UK) www.rowman.com Copyright©2014bySamMickey Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereproducedinanyformorbyany electronicormechanicalmeans,includinginformationstorageandretrievalsys- tems,withoutwrittenpermissionfromthepublisher,exceptbyareviewerwhomay quotepassagesinareview. BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationInformationAvailable AcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary ISBN:HB978-1-7834-8136-1 PB978-1-7834-8137-8 EB978-1-7834-8138-5 LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Mickey,Sam,1981– Onthevergeofaplanetarycivilization:aphilosophyofintegralecology/SamMickey. pagescm Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN978-1-78348-136-1(cloth:alk.paper)—ISBN978-1-78348-137-8(pbk.:alk. paper)—ISBN978-1-78348-138-5(electronic) 1.Deleuze,Gilles,1925–1995.2.Ecology—Philosophy.I.Title. B2430.D454M532014 194—dc23 2014017957 TMThepaperusedinthispublicationmeetstheminimumrequirementsof AmericanNationalStandardforInformationSciencesPermanenceofPaperfor PrintedLibraryMaterials,ANSI/NISOZ39.48-1992. PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica Contents Acknowledgements vii 1 Introduction 1 BecomingEcological 10 BecomingIntegral 16 BecomingHumourous 24 BecomingSpeculative 29 Notes 35 2 Beginning 45 Opening 47 Decision 55 Examples 63 Chorology 73 Chaosmos 79 Notes 87 3 Middle 101 Sense 105 Rhizomes 112 Nomads 122 Omnicentric 128 Anthropocosmic 135 Notes 144 4 Ending 161 Apocalypse 167 FromGlobetoPlanet 172 PlanetaryLove 177 Cosmopolitics 183 Notes 192 5 Conclusion 207 Refrain 209 Compost 212 TheSFMode 219 OntheVerge 223 v vi Contents Notes 230 References 239 Index 257 Acknowledgements Philosophy is a joint effort. This book would not be possible with- out support and collaboration provided by so many who have sharedinthelovingstruggleofphilosophywithme.Firstly,writing a work on ecological and planetary issues, I have been continually reminded that I live on a planet. It is a wondrous and humbling reminder of the immense support granted to me by water, plants, respiration, sunlight, bacteria, soil, gravity, and innumerable other featuresofexistenceonEarth.Regardinginstitutionalsupport,Iam gratefultofaculty,students,andstaffattheUniversityofSanFran- cisco, Pacifica Graduate Institute, Dominican University of Califor- nia,andtheCaliforniaInstituteofIntegralStudies,andIamgrate- fultoSarahCampbellandeveryoneatRowman &LittlefieldInter- national. I am also indebted to everyone involved with the Forum onReligionandEcologyatYale,withparticularthankstothedirec- tors of the Forum, Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim, two living examplesofintegralecologists.IcannotforgetGeorgeJames,Irene Klaver, and Keith Wayne Brown, without whom I would never have found my way to phenomenology. I am still learning from themandfromtheotherenvironmentalphilosophersattheUniver- sity of North Texas. Much appreciation goes to Sean Kelly, Brian Swimme, and Catherine Keller for their encouraging guidance and for their extensive comments on earlier drafts of this work. Many thanks go to Sean Esbjörn-Hargens for supporting my work with integralstudiesandwelcomingmyparticipationinconferencesand publications on that topic. Many dear friends have wandered with mealongthemeanderingpathofthegeophilosophyofDeleuzeand Guattari.Alongthoselines,AdamRobbert,WhitneyBauman,Eliz- abeth McAnally, and Luke Higgins all deserve special thanks for reading, writing, and talking with me. Extra special thanks go to KimberlyCarforeforherlove,partnership,andintellectualsolidar- ity throughout the writing and publication of this work. I want to expressdeepgratitudetoallthosewhohavenurturedmeandsup- ported this work, all those nearest and dearest to me, my family, vii viii Acknowledgements friends, loved ones, and so many others who have been my com- panions and coconspirators—too many others to name, multiplic- itiesofmultiplicitiesfoldedtogetherinthechaosmos.
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